Rain-protector for wind-shields.



E. C. BARTOW. RAIN PROTECTOR FOR WIND SHIELDS APPLICATION FILED APB. 18,1914.

Patented- Mar. 23, '1915.

EDWARD G. BARTOW, 0F LITTLE NECK, NEW YORK.

RAIN-PROTECTOR FR WIND-SHIELDS Specification-of Letters Patent.

- Patentes Mar. es, i915.

Application Vtiled April 18, 1914. Serial No. 832,716.

To all whomf it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD C. Ban'row, acitizen of the United States, residing at Little Neck, Long Island, inthe State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvementsin Rain-Protectors for W'ind- Shields; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to wind shields for automobiles and it has forits object the provision of a hood that may be easily and quicklyengaged over a-part of the glass of the shield toprotect a particularlocality of the glass from rain or snow. .i

A .further object of the invention 1s to provide such a particularconstruction as will permit of it being folded when it is del sired tokeep it on the wind shield without being in use.

With the above and other objects of similar nature in View, theinvention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts set forth in and falling Within the scope of the appended claim.

In thev drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of the device applied to awind shield, and

in its extended position, Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with thewind shield shown in section, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 2 2of Fig. 1with the canopy in its folded position, and Fig. et is adetailed perspective view of one of the attaching plates.

Referring now to the drawing, thehood, generaiw speaking, comprises theside members A which are adapted for remov able engagement over theupper edge of a,

wind shield, and the canopy B that is supported between said members andwheri in its open er extended position protects a particular rocality ofthe glass of the shield from rain or snow, to permit of the unobscuredvision therethrough of the driver .of the machine.

In detail, the side members A are each formed' from a single blank ofmetal such as sheet steel, brass or the like and comprise the frontplates 10 having the right angular extensions 11, on which the canopy.'

B is supported, and the resilient shield engagi'ng clips l2, said clipsand the plates 10 being provided on their adjacent faces with a facing13 of rubber or other suitable material, to grip the glass and preventrain or melted snowffrom running under the hood and to also preventdisplacement of the device upon the shield. 1

The canopy E is secured at its inner" corners to the extensions l1 andsupported at lts intermediate and outer portions by the bows 14, theextensions 11 being enlarged and provided with the. openings 15which'receive for pivotal movement the ends of the bows, whereby. thecanopy may be readily extended for use or folded back against the shieldand out of theway. The

enlarged portions of the extensions 11 are each further formedlwith thelongitudinal slot 16 and the forwardly directed notch 17 communicatingwith the lower endthereof, tlte bars' 18 being pivotally connected withthe outer end of the lower bow 14 and engageable in said notches toretain the canopy in its extended position, and being adapted to slideout of said notches and upwardly in the slots 16 when thecanopyis movedto its folded position. 4

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there is provided a hoodwhich may be quickly and easily applied in position on a wind shield,and which is constructed in such manner asto permit its being readilyextended for use or folded back against the shield andout of the way.

EDWARD C. BAR'IOW.

Witnesses z GEORGE A. BARTOW, WILLIAM C. H. FosDIcx.

